You, The Jury

Dr. Ferrari

8 / 10

ALLEGATION: In the leaked e-mails and in the Journal, Landis claims that in 2002 Dr. Michele Ferrari, Armstrong's coach and training advisor, extracted half a liter of blood from Landis that Ferrari said would be transfused back into him at the Tour de France.

RELEVANCY: Armstrong's association with Ferrari has long been problematic. Ferrari has been linked to doping many times, dating to his work with the Gewiss team in the mid '90s. This allegation seems more explosive than it really is—Landis never says he saw Ferrari transfuse blood from Armstrong.

ARMSTRONG'S RESPONSE: When David Walsh in '02 revealed the association between Armstrong and Ferrari (which is understood to date to the mid '90s), Armstrong defended the doctor. After Ferrari was convicted in Italy of fraud and malpractice in '04 in relation to doping, Armstrong formally severed ties. (The conviction was later thrown out over statute-of-limitations issues.)

OUR TAKE: Corroboration of this specific claim would likely cement the reputation of the man known as "Dr. Evil," but on its own, it's ancillary to the federal case against Armstrong.